Another IHC judge defies two-judge order

ISLAMABAD: In a dramatic courtroom session, another judge of the Islamabad High Court ‘defied’ a two-judge order, as Justice Sardar Ejaz Ishaq Khan raised serious objections to a stay order in a contempt case initiated over the transfer of a petition from his court without his consent.

The contempt proceedings, initiated against the deputy registrar and others, have now become the centre of a significant legal and institutional controversy.

Interestingly, amicus curiae and senior...